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Animal rights groups object to Buckingham Palace guard’s distinctive bearskin caps

Animal rights groups object to Buckingham Palace guard’s distinctive bearskin caps

Heather Blacksmith

LONDON — An animal rights group trying to get real fur out of the bearskin caps worn by King’s Guards ...

The 2024 Olympics were a success for Paris but a calamity for some businesses

The 2024 Olympics were a success for Paris but a calamity for some businesses

Bob Elliott

PARIS — Parisian business owners and hotel managers were promised a summer like no other. Millions of tourists would flood ...

James Earl Jones, acclaimed actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93

James Earl Jones, acclaimed actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93

Heather Blacksmith

NEW YORK — NEW YORK (AP) — James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become ...

A mural honoring scientists hung in Pfizer’s NYC lobby for 60 years. Now it’s up for grabs

A mural honoring scientists hung in Pfizer’s NYC lobby for 60 years. Now it’s up for grabs

Heather Blacksmith

NEW YORK — A mural honoring ancient and modern figures in medicine that has hung in the lobby of Pfizer’s ...

Rome considers imposing a fee to discourage crowds and plunges at Trevi Fountain

Rome considers imposing a fee to discourage crowds and plunges at Trevi Fountain

Bob Elliott

ROME — Seemingly every tourist in Rome knows the key to returning to the Eternal City is to toss a ...

Nearly 2,000 drug plants are overdue for FDA checks after COVID delays, AP finds

Nearly 2,000 drug plants are overdue for FDA checks after COVID delays, AP finds

Craig Fedirighi

WASHINGTON — Federal regulators responsible for the safety of the U.S. drug supply are still struggling to get back to ...

Prosecutor asks for a charge to be reinstated against Alec Baldwin in the ‘Rust’ case

Prosecutor asks for a charge to be reinstated against Alec Baldwin in the ‘Rust’ case

Heather Blacksmith

SANTA FE, N.M. — A prosecutor asked a New Mexico judge to reconsider the decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter ...

Q&A: Author Clare Hammond reveals how railways made and broke Myanmar

Q&A: Author Clare Hammond reveals how railways made and broke Myanmar

Heather Blacksmith

BANGKOK — For three months in 2016, a British journalist working in Myanmar traveled across the Southeast Asian country on ...

Large-scale polio vaccinations begin in war-ravaged Gaza after first case in 25 years

Large-scale polio vaccinations begin in war-ravaged Gaza after first case in 25 years

Craig Fedirighi

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations ...

Doctor charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death to appear in court after plea deal

Doctor charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death to appear in court after plea deal

Heather Blacksmith

LOS ANGELES — One of two doctors charged in connection with Matthew Perry’s death is set to appear Friday in ...